Thanks for the comments guys,
Pgc hunter-Thanks a lot for the info .The drifting idea sounds great.
I used dss image and found were north is
.its towards the bottom right of the sketch.Yeah its hard work plotting all those stars.
Malcolm-Nice Observation of ngc 2516
.I could actually just see it naked eye yesterday and it was nearly full moon
.Yes i'm having fun with the scope.
orestis